Community-focused Locol rises again in Watts, this time as a nonprofit restaurant
LA TimesLocol, which opened in 2016, launched with lines going out the door. Locol, named the L.A. Times Restaurant of the Year in 2017, was founded by celebrity chefs Patterson, formerly of multiple Bay Area fine dining institutions, including Coi, which at one point earned three Michelin stars, and Roy Choi, TV host and founder of the Kogi food truck empire. “So we want that to be the focus.” Corbin and Patterson are applying for Locol’s 5013 designation, and in the meantime work with Fiscal Sponsorship Allies, a nonprofit that aggregates donations to organizations. “We’re going to do our best to run a restaurant that’s a responsible business because that’s what we believe people will learn,” Patterson said. Video: LocoL: Roy Choi brings high end fast food to Watts Opening this week of LocoL by chefs Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson - Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times While still finalizing a framework and curriculum for the restaurant’s training program, they said it might involve three months of working in the kitchen, plus three months working registers and front-of-house service, with placement programs into other restaurants and career avenues after graduation, and ideally some kind of support system.
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